Headline News:
- “Id Mjahdi Is Africa’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village” • A small village in Morocco, Id Mjahdi, is the first village in Africa to become completely solar powered. Cleanergy, a Moroccan solar company, chose to redo the village because it literally needed everything. People typically used a candle one hour each night and walked miles for water. [CleanTechnica]
Id Mjahdi (Image via Twitter)
- “Australia Fires: A Visual Guide To The Bushfires And Extreme Heat” • Australia is grappling with massive bushfires fueled by record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. Fires in New South Wales have already burned at least 2.7 million hectares (7.4 million acres – Vermont has 6.16 million) this season, destroying more than 700 houses. Here is a visual guide. [BBC]
- “Scientists Created A New Sponge That Could Clean Up Oil Spills” • The secret to cleaning up water contaminated by oil may lie in the cheap, common polyurethane foam used in mattresses, enhanced with a special coating. In a study published in Nature Sustainability, Scientists found the material consistently captured almost all of the oil in under three hours. [Grist]
- “Netherlands Supreme Court Orders Government To Cut Carbon Emissions 25%” • On December 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands became the first to order a national government to cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to address the ongoing threat of climate change. We note that much of the Netherlands is below sea level. [CleanTechnica]
- “Con Edison Climate Study Details Projected Impacts To Energy Systems Through The 21st Century” • Extreme heat, coastal storm surge, inland flooding, and more violent storms are the most significant climate-driven impacts to Con Edison’s energy delivery systems and its customers through the 21st century, a report from the utility says. [EIN News]
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December 21 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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